Tankvoy in the middle east

This pre-solicitation notice seeks a double-hull tanker capable of carrying a minimum of 310,000 barrels of clean petroleum product within its segregated cargo tanks and with an inert gas system. The Military Sealift Command of the Department of the Navy intends to charter this tanker for one voyage commencing loading in Sitra, Bahrain on March 19th and canceling on March 21st, 2020 with discharge ports in Jebel Ali and Fujairah, UAE. Responses to the anticipated solicitation number N32205-20-R-4063 are due by February 11th, 2020. As the work is to be performed entirely outside the United States and its territories, the procurement will be unrestricted and open to all responsible sources.

There is no set-aside designated for this procurement. The primary NAICS code is 483112 and the PSC code is V-Transportation, Travel, & Relocation services. As this is a pre-solicitation notice, no incumbent contractor or award value is listed, but the period of performance will be one voyage transporting a minimum of 310,000 barrels of petroleum product within the Middle East region loading in March 2020. The MSC Associate Deputy Director of Small Business has concurred with the decision to release this as an unrestricted solicitation.